However, the tender criteria demands that an entity must be eligible to conduct Beyond Visual Line of Sight operations in order to become eligible. Currently, no drone companies are eligible to do BVLOS operations, reports Arindam Majumder.
Carriers' input costs are rising due to weak rupee and rising crude oil price.
SpiceJet did not provide the details of its ancillary revenue.
India is one of the largest military equipment importers in the world, at over $8 billion a year.
The average fares of all airlines are almost linear.
'The DGCA may require airlines to install CCTV cameras on all flights and retain the footage in case of unruly behaviour.' 'Else, it would be left to individual interpretation of the involved parties.'
The revised structure will help to keep airfares down, when airlines already face a triple challenge of rising crude oil prices, rupee depreciation and constrained airport capacity.
While there were concerns about the security aspect of drones, top government officials were of the view that restricting the drone industry would stifle a sunrise sector which holds significant promise for future, reports Arindam Majumder.
The controversial 5/20 rule required an airline to have five years of domestic operations and 20 aircraft in its fleet to be able to fly abroad.
Domestic airlines expect the fall in prices of aviation fuel to boost their earnings from the quarter ending December.
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Also the companies should be self-sufficient in product designing and have maintenance and life cycle support facilities.
In the India-US sector, for instance, Air India operates 15 stopover flights between Mumbai and Chicago, and Mumbai and New York
Move is aimed at bringing private operators to run airports.
The ones chosen for operation, management and development through a public-private partnership model are Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Mangaluru, Thiruvananthapuram, and Guwahati.
Agra, Shimla, Nanded, Kanpur and Jamshedpur are among the many airports that would see connectivity under Udan.
Tata-SIA will kick off with full-service domestic operations.
Experts said the risks associated with the Indian Experts say that aviation sector would keep investors away from airline stocks.
Under the hybrid-till model, a portion of non-aeronautical revenue (commercial revenue) at the airport is taken into consideration while fixing the landing and parking charges, user fees and other aeronautical charges.
The national carrier has drawn a blueprint to cut the number of recognised unions in the airline from 15 to two -- one for pilots and another for the rest of the employees.
Some have welcomed this shift in the government's stance.
Newly launched Vistara has a passenger load factor of 55% in the busy Delhi-Mumbai sector, compared with 80-85% in other airlines.
The apex court asked the government to get back by March 9 about the policy.
In 2015, India's domestic aviation market clocked 81 million flights.
In a meeting with stakeholders last week, the authority mooted setting up a Special Purpose Vehicle along with airlines and state-owned oil marketing companies to develop common infrastructure to import ATF, among others, at Chennai and Kolkata airports. While AAI and OMCs will hold 76 per cent in the proposed SPV, the airlines will participate in the remaining 24 per cent equity.
Majority of India's international routes have been captured by foreign airlines.
Seattle-based Amazon had considered debuting drone delivery services in Mumbai and Bangalore by Diwali this year
India's main hubs are bursting at the seams.
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The nomination of cluster heads for defence, infrastructure and finance business is awaited.
Vistara was launched on January 9.
Amber Dubey explains why India needs to stop blocking competition if it ever wants to become the top aviation market.
Realty plans hit roadblock; delay could hit modernisation
The government is keeping its options open.
Air India must tighten costs to comes out of the red or it wil perish in no time, says experts.
Falling jet fuel prices and a revival in domestic traffic growth offer the new CMD a once in a lifetime opportunity.
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An airport in Noida could lead to higher user fees and diversion of traffic from Delhi, which has huge unused capacity.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
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